Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Agnico Eagle Mines has moved to consolidate Northern Finland’s Central Lapland Greenstone Belt through three linked transactions: the acquisition of Rupert Resources, the acquisition of Aurion Resources, and the purchase of B2Gold’s 70% interest in the Fingold joint venture, which would give it full ownership of that asset alongside Aurion’s 30% stake.</li><li>The logic is straightforward.</li><li>Agnico already operates the Kittila mine, has spent years building technical familiarity with the region, and now appears to be seeking district-scale control around the Ikkari gold project and adjacent exploration ground.</li></ul>

Agnico Eagle Mines has moved to consolidate Northern Finland’s Central Lapland Greenstone Belt through three linked transactions: the acquisition of Rupert Resources, the acquisition of Aurion Resources, and the purchase of B2Gold’s 70% interest in the Fingold joint venture, which would give it full ownership of that asset alongside Aurion’s 30% stake.The logic is straightforward.Agnico already operates the Kittila mine, has spent years building technical familiarity with the region, and now appears to be seeking district-scale control around the Ikkari gold project and adjacent exploration ground.

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Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Our global near-term outlook remains neutral on MSCI ACWI (in place since our 3/17/26 Int'l Macro Vision); we downgraded our outlook after ACWI-US broke below $141.50 support.</li>
<li>We downgraded our outlook to bearish on U.S. equities (S&amp;P 500) on March 31. Global equities have held up a bit better, and crucial support held at $134 on ACWI-US.</li>
<li>While we remain defensive and are concerned that ACWI-US will break down, we would only turn bearish on global equities if ACWI-US breaks below $134.</li>
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Our global near-term outlook remains neutral on MSCI ACWI (in place since our 3/17/26 Int'l Macro Vision); we downgraded our outlook after ACWI-US broke below $141.50 support.
We downgraded our outlook to bearish on U.S. equities (S&amp;P 500) on March 31. Global equities have held up a bit better, and crucial support held at $134 on ACWI-US.
While we remain defensive and are concerned that ACWI-US will break down, we would only turn bearish on global equities if ACWI-US breaks below $134.


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<ul><li>Agnico Eagle Mines Limited reported strong financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and the entirety of 2025, capitalizing on a high gold price environment.</li><li>The company achieved record financial performance with adjusted earnings reaching approximately $1.4 billion in Q4 2025 and producing 3.45 million ounces of gold for the year, surpassing production guidance.</li><li>Cash flow generation was robust, amounting to $4.4 billion in free cash flow for the year.</li></ul>

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited reported strong financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and the entirety of 2025, capitalizing on a high gold price environment.The company achieved record financial performance with adjusted earnings reaching approximately $1.4 billion in Q4 2025 and producing 3.45 million ounces of gold for the year, surpassing production guidance.Cash flow generation was robust, amounting to $4.4 billion in free cash flow for the year.

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Technology Select Sector SPDR / Technical Analysis

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<li>We are cautious on Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) and A.I./Technology areas (XLK, SOXX, CHAT, DRAM);</li>
<li>Gaps from August 12th and August 4th have been filled on Technology (XLK), semiconductors (SOXX, SMH), generative A.I. (CHAT), neoclouds (NCLD), and momentum (MTUM), which is a concerning development.</li>
<li>Outside of A.I. areas, the market appears healthy; the equal-weighted S&amp;P 500 (RSP) is resuming its leadership status with support at the 20-day MA.</li>
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We are cautious on Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) and A.I./Technology areas (XLK, SOXX, CHAT, DRAM);
Gaps from August 12th and August 4th have been filled on Technology (XLK), semiconductors (SOXX, SMH), generative A.I. (CHAT), neoclouds (NCLD), and momentum (MTUM), which is a concerning development.
Outside of A.I. areas, the market appears healthy; the equal-weighted S&amp;P 500 (RSP) is resuming its leadership status with support at the 20-day MA.


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Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

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<li>The MV Global Gold Miners index represents the performance of large and mid-cap gold and silver mining companies listed around the world.</li>
<li>This index is reviewed and rebalanced quarterly during which names can be added or deleted from the index. Our expectations for the March 2026 index rebal event are presented here.</li>
<li>At the moment, we expect <em>at least</em> two ADDs for March 2026, with one-way flow of US$2.9bn. </li>
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The MV Global Gold Miners index represents the performance of large and mid-cap gold and silver mining companies listed around the world.
This index is reviewed and rebalanced quarterly during which names can be added or deleted from the index. Our expectations for the March 2026 index rebal event are presented here.
At the moment, we expect at least two ADDs for March 2026, with one-way flow of US$2.9bn. 


[Quiddity Index] MV Global Gold Miners Mar26: 2 ADDs Likely, One More Maybe; US$2.9bn One-Way Flow

Canada

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited is a gold producer with operations primarily in northwestern Quebec, northern Mexico, northern Finland and Nunavut.  The Company also has exploration activities in Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.  Agnico Eagle Mines focuses on the exploration, development, and expansion of its gold properities primarily from underground operations.

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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM US)

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Vermilion Research

[Quiddity Index] MV Global Gold Miners Mar26: 2 ADDs Likely, One More Maybe; US$2.9bn One-Way Flow

MV Global Gold may see 2-3 ADDs but the vast majority of the flows will come from re-capping/un-capping as smalls have outperformed the large.

Travis Lundy

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